Globe-holder.



J. G. AKERS & J. BRITSOH.

GLOBE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3, 1914.

L1 33,9Q5.- Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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GLOBE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

Application filed July 3, 1914. Serial N 0. 848,990.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH G. AKERS and JACOB BRITSCH, citizens of the United States, residing at Frankford, Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of ennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Globe-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a globe holder for use in supporting the usual glass or porcelain globes used on gas chandeliers or gas brackets.

The invention contemplates, among other features, the provision of a globe holder which is preferably formed of a single piece of metal and which dispenses with the usual screws or other movable clasps whereby the base of the globe is supported upon the gas chandelier. To this end use is made of suitable spring like gripping members formed integrally with the body of the holder and projecting therefrom to engage and grip the base of the globe and hold the same upon the body of the holder.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the globe holder; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken through the globe holder, the dotted lines indicating the gas chandelier or bracket having the holder attached thereto,

with a globe also shown in dotted lines supported on the holder; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the holder removed from the chandelier or bracket.

Referring more particularly to the views, we provide a holder 10 comprising a ring or band 11 formed with a continuous depression or groove 12, said band being supported by a series of arms 13 projecting upwardly and radially over an apertured hub or center 14, which is adapted to repose upon a gas jet or chandelier 15 and be secured thereto by screwing down the usual tip holding sleeve 16 upon the chandelier, with the sleeve projecting through the apertured hub or center 14 of the holder, as shown in Fig. 2, thus securing the holder rigidly to the chandelier and prevent the same from wabbling thereon.

Formed with the band 11 are a series of upwardly projecting spring-like gripping members 17 terminating in outwardly projecting reduced ends 18, the body portions of the said gripping members being inclined inwardly toward the center of the band and with each gripping member formed with a plurality of ribs 19 whereby, when a globe 20 is arranged to have its base rest in the depression or groove 12, the exterior flange or bottom portion 21 of the globe will be engaged on its outer face by the gripping members 17 as shown in Fig. 2 and will thus be held against accidental displacement.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the holder described can be cheaply manufactured in that it is struck from a single piece of material, thus requiring no assembling operation or the use of additional means for securing the globe on the holder, and it will be clear that a globe holder such as described will present a neat and effective appearance in that the same can be readily employed in connection with various kinds and shapes of gas chandeliers or the like.

It will be particularly noted that each of the spring-like gripping members described lies in the vertical plane of one of the radial arms so that the point of connection of each gripping member with the globe will also lie in the plane of the nearest arm thereto, thus greatly strengthening the globe holder and insuring a stronger and more positive connection between the globe and the holder therefor.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

As a new article of manufacture, a globe holder comprising a globe supporting band having a continuous groove to receive the lower edge of the globe and forming a seat therefor, a hub lying below the plane of the band, diametrically and upwardly projecting spokes formed with the hub and the band and supporting the band above the horizontal plane of the hub, and equi-dis- In testimony whereof we afliX our signatantly spaced upwardly projecting ribs tures in presence of two witnesses. formed with the band and projecting up- JOSEPH Gr. AKERS. wardly from the outer edge thereof, each JACOB BRITSCH.

5 rib lying in the Vertical plane of one of Witnesses: the spokes, with said ribs inclined relatively GEORGE D. GREW, inward to partially project over said band. ROBERT HABGOOD.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G." 

